Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.

... a less than perfect meddling in the spiritual world can breed monsters for other people.

You cannot have both truth and what you call civilisation.

Real worship involves waiting.

Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.

People who boast of happy marriages are, I submit, usually self-deceivers, if not actually liars.

Marriage isn't a tram. It doesn't have to get anywhere.